Run by three generations of the Picci family since 1919, this Como shop sells hand-sewn pure silk ties, foulards and pocket squares from its counter on Via Vittorio Emanuele II. The Lombardy Region lists it among its historic businesses.
Founded in 1902, Mantero prints and weaves silk foulards, apparel and accessories at its mill in Grandate just outside Como, drawing on an archive of exclusive patterns. Every step is carried out in the province of Como and the goods are labelled 100% made in Italy.
Leather goods and luggage maker founded in 1952 near Lake Como by Mario Briccola, whose surname gave the brand its acronym name. Still family-run, it opened a larger production facility in 1965 and registered the Bric's brand for the Italian market in 1968.
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Bric's was founded in 1952 by Mario Briccola in the area around Lake Como in northern Italy; the brand's name is an acronym drawn from his surname. Briccola began by handcrafting bags and suitcases himself, and the company traces its identity to his early focus on material quality and construction. In 1965 he built a larger production unit employing around 150 people, and in 1968 the Bric's brand was formally created and registered for the Italian market. The company began expanding abroad in 1992, opening distribution operations in four additional countries. Bric's remains family-owned and is now run by Briccola's sons, daughters and grandchildren, continuing to manufacture travel bags, suitcases and leather goods from its base near Como rather than relocating production elsewhere. The company frames its identity around continuity: three generations of the same family have overseen the brand since its founding in the early 1950s, combining handcraft techniques established by its founder with contemporary travel-luggage design, while retaining its Italian manufacturing base as it grew into an internationally distributed brand.
Concept Lab on Via Armando Diaz in Como has long been a window for Italian labels. It shows the historic houses and the emerging ones alongside each other.
Ettore Cavazza, trading as Mastri Setai, makes silk (seta) ties, foulards, and papillon bow ties. Customers can customize color, pattern, length, width, and add embroidery.
Larioseta manufactures silk scarves and fashion accessories in the Como textile district. It sells printed foulards and scarves directly through its own online shop.
Established in 1945, Ratti weaves and prints silk and fine fabrics at Guanzate near Como and supplies fashion houses internationally. It now operates as a benefit corporation within the Marzotto textile group.
Silkpro produces silk fabric in the Lake Como textile district and sells it by the metre through its own site. The company markets its cloth as made in Italy for fashion and accessories.